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(3.33) | 2 | Synopsis: Since 1958 Sources of Indian Tradition has been one of the most important and widely used texts on civilization in South Asia (now the nation-states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal). It has helped generations of students and lay readers understand how leading thinkers there have looked at life, the traditions of their ancestors, and the world they live in. This second edition has been extensively revised, with much new material added. Introductory essays explain the particular settings in which these thinkers have expressed their ideas about religious, social, political, and economic questions. Brief summaries precede each passage from their writings or sayings. The traditions represented include Brahmanism, Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism. The book includes a chronology of Indian history from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1858.… (more) |
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1st ed. (1958) was single volume edited by William Theodore de Bary and others; 2nd ed. (1988) was two volume set: v. 1. From the beginning to 1800 / edited and revised by Ainslie T. Embree -- v. 2. Modern India and Pakistan / edited and revised by Stephen Hay. This entry is for Volume 1 of the two volume set | |
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▾Book descriptions Synopsis: Since 1958 Sources of Indian Tradition has been one of the most important and widely used texts on civilization in South Asia (now the nation-states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal). It has helped generations of students and lay readers understand how leading thinkers there have looked at life, the traditions of their ancestors, and the world they live in. This second edition has been extensively revised, with much new material added. Introductory essays explain the particular settings in which these thinkers have expressed their ideas about religious, social, political, and economic questions. Brief summaries precede each passage from their writings or sayings. The traditions represented include Brahmanism, Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism. The book includes a chronology of Indian history from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1858. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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To provide an understanding of contemporary civilization in India and Pakistan, the editor presents material that illustrates Indian thought since earliest times. The traditions represented here include Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Brahmanism, and Islam. Discussed under Hinduism are the Four Ends of Man: Virtue, Material Gain, Love or Pleasure, and Spiritual Liberation; and under Islam in India such topics as Muslim Orthodoxy, the Holy Law of Islam, the Mystics, the Muslim Ruler in India, the Social Order, and the Study of History. Among the great historical figures represented are the Emperor Ashoka, patron of Buddhism; the philosopher and theologian Shankara; the great “mogul” Akbar; and Kabir, shoemaker and mystic.
Extensive introductory essays and commentary are provided to assist the reader in understanding the historical setting and significance of the ideas expressed. The readings, which deal with political, economic, aesthetic questions as well as religious and philosophical speculations, consist of translations from Indian sources, most of them made especially for this work.
This volume contains an Indic word list and a chronological table of Indian history beginning with 570 B.C. up to A.D. 1757.
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